Opposite of thrift - what brand do you not cheap out on?

kboss2010

- Comfort Blue fabric softener
- Branston beans
- Chinese-branded flavoured noodles
- Hob-brite glass hob cleaner
- Original source mint shower gel
- HP sauce
- Oxo stock cubes

nanto3girls

Warburtons bread and crumpets
Heinz beans, soup and Tomato ketchup
Nescafe coffee
HP brown sauce
Birds eye fish fingers
Hellmans mayonnaise
Fairy washing up liquid
Ariel washing liquid
Comfort conditioner
Yorkshire t bags
Brillo brillo pads
Mr Sheen furniture polish

VfM4meplse

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Gin & Tonic. Obviously.

Plymouth & Fevertree.

I can understand that you like the taste of both - but at c80p per bottle Fevertree is IMHO a complete waste of money.

Slinky

kboss2010 wrote: »

- Original source mint shower gel

My OH bought some of this, I was very glad when he finished it and asked him not to buy more. There's something very odd about the shower smelling of mint - I felt I was inhaling toothpaste

paddy's_mum

Marmite.

No other lookalike comes anywhere close.

Tigsteroonie

paddy's_mum wrote: »

Marmite.

No other lookalike comes anywhere close.

There are lookalikes?? :eek: :eek: :eek:

Honey_Bear

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I can understand that you like the taste of both - but at c80p per bottle Fevertree is IMHO a complete waste of money.

If you buy a particular gin like Plymouth because you like the flavour, what's the point of adding Sh** tonic? The Fevertree company was started by someone who used to work for Plymouth Gin and left specifically because they wouldn't branch out to develop a tonic that enhanced rather than drowned the flavour. I don't drink any more, but as I live next door to the distillery it's the only gin I drank, and I tried all the main brands and most of the tonics that were available. No contest, Fever Tree every time.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I can understand that you like the taste of both - but at c80p per bottle Fevertree is IMHO a complete waste of money.

It's not just the taste. It's that it's from Plymouth - where the OH and his family is from - and what can be sourced locally in terms of ingredients, is (the water they use literally runs underneath his Mum's house on its way there), the sloes used in the sloe variant grow where he lived until he left for university, etc. There is no way that, after all that (and yes, I do prefer the taste compared to any other gin I've ever tried), I'm going to slosh some nasty synthetic concoction in a yellow plastic bottle over it when I could add something from a recyclable glass bottle that actually tastes like tonic water, rather than flat, sour lemonade.

To bang out twenty quid plus on decent gin and then dump cheap tonic in it is comparable to baking scones only to reject proper clotted cream and homemade bramble, elderflower and lemon jam in favour of squirty cream substitute from a can and strawberry flavoured syrup, saying the latter is cheaper.

mark55man

We substitued Lidl Freeway for Diet Coke - very acceptable and only 40odd p for the 2l bottle

I agree on coffee - although Lidl "nespresso" capsules are also very good -especially the blue ones - 17p a pod means we hardly ever have a coffee out

Kim_kim

Quantum finish dishwasher tablets
Decent loo paper, it can be shops own brand, but the better varieties.
Proper coffee, can’t drink instant :-(